Does early anti-epileptic drug treatment alter the prognosis for remission of the epilepsies?

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 245-248

  O'Donoghue, M ^a,b   Sander, J W A S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Clinical studies; Drug trials; Epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; KINDLING; NEUROBIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; REMISSION; SEIZURE; SHORT SURVEY; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

EID: 0029946139     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014107689608900503     Document Type: Short Survey

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